Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User names

If you believe someone has chosen an inappropriate username under Wikipedia's username policy, you may list it here. However, before listing the user here, please consider contacting the user on his or her talk page and bring their attention to the problem and Wikipedia:Changing username.

When contacting the user, {{subst:UsernameConcern|reason for objection}} or {{subst:uncon|reason for objection}} may be helpful, but feel free to paraphrase it or write your own original text if you prefer. Please try to assume good faith and don't bite the newcomers, if possible: allow for the possibility of innocent error or other reasonable explanation.

Names that are offensive, inflammatory, impersonating an existing user, or asserting inappropriate authority will generally be permanently blocked by admins. Please also read Wikipedia:Username before reporting here. Grossly, blatantly, or obviously inappropriate usernames should be reported at WP:AIV instead.

Be aware that usernames are subject to specific criteria which differ from controls and guidelines regarding other forms of self-expression on Wikipedia. Please ensure you are familiar with the username policy before commenting on a username. This is not the place to discuss the behavior of a user unless it is directly related to their username.

Please inform all users reported here with {{subst:UsernameDiscussion}} or {{subst:und}}. If the RFC is closed as "Allow", please follow up by informing the user with {{subst:UsernameAllowed}} or {{subst:una}}. Admins who impose username blocks, please detail the specific reason with {{UsernameBlocked|reason for block}} or {{unb|reason for block}} (not just "Violates WP:U", please).

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This page is for bringing attention to usernames which may be in violation of Wikipedia's username policy. Before listing a username here, consider if it should be more appropriately reported elsewhere, or if it needs to be reported at all:

• Report blatantly inappropriate usernames, such as usernames that are obscene or inflammatory, to Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention.
• For other cases involving vandalism, personal attacks or other urgent issues, try Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents; blatant vandalism can also be reported at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism, which is sometimes a better option.

Do NOT post here if:

• the user in question has made no recent edits.
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Before adding a name here you MUST ensure that the user in question:

• has been warned about their username (with e.g. {{subst:uw-username}}) and has been allowed time to address the concern on their user talk page.
• has disagreed with the concern, refused to change their username and/or continued to edit without replying to the warning.
• is not already blocked.

If, after having followed all the steps above, you still believe the username violates Wikipedia's username policy, you may list it here with an explanation of which part of the username policy you think has been violated. After posting, please alert the user of the discussion (with e.g. {{subst:UsernameDiscussion}}). You may also invite others who have expressed concern about the username to comment on the discussion by use of this template.

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AceYoung (talk · contribs)

Moved from WP:AIV - I doubt this person is Ace Young. If it is Ace Young, he'll need to specify it. Wikipedian27 23:26, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

• Disallow unless verified, sufficiently notable enough person to disallow the username RyanPostlethwaite^{See the mess I've created or let's have banter} 23:34, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
• Disallow Have the user email unblock-en-l@wikipedia.org to prove that he is Ace Young. ShadowHalo 00:40, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
• Disallow As per above. --Kukini ^{hablame aqui} 00:42, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
• Disallow per above. NikoSilver 01:05, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
• Disallow I don't think there was any reason to move this from AIV. Anything particularly gratuitous like an obvious instance of impersonation is supposed to be filed there and blocked on sight. This isn't a debatable part of the policy and thus there is no reason to bring it here.--Dycedarg ж 02:20, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
  • I personally did not know who Ace young was. Is it possible that more than 1 pesron has that name? Those are all valid concerns to not block on sight and bring here instead. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 16:35, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
    • There is quite possibly more than one Ace Young. There is also almost certainly more than one George Bush, Brittney Spears, Brad Pitt, and any number of other combination of common names that happen to belong to famous people. We block them on sight anyway, because no one is allowed to have the name of a famous person as their username, regardless of whether that's their name too. Your not knowing who it is would give you a reason to move it from AIV, but Wikipedian27 obviously did. Therefore none of those concerns apply to his moving it here and I was merely mentioning that I thought doing so was unnecessary.--Dycedarg ж 18:33, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
    • I've never heard of Ace Young either. I note from the Ace Young article that he was apparently a contestant on a television show almost a year ago. Does that really qualify him as "famous"? If not, then there's no reason to block this username. If he really is famous, then please excuse my ignorance. —Psychonaut 19:13, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
      • I will admit that I'd never heard of him either. However, he was seventh place on American Idol. I hadn't heard of him because I don't watch it and don't converse overly much about it with people who do, but the popularity of that show in America is nothing short of ridiculous. Anyone who makes it into the finals is going to be famous, perhaps not lastingly famous but definitely for more than a year.--Dycedarg ж 19:23, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
      • Although I'm not a fan of the show, he is definitely well-known and famous in the USA. Wikipedian27 22:46, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

GetMyHomesValue (talk · contribs)

• Moved from AIV - Username may be rude ,inflammatory, unnecessarily long/confusing, too similar to an existing user, contains the name of an organization or website, or is otherwise inappropriate. Gdo01 19:12, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
• Disallow - Its too similar to getmyhomesvalue.com RyanPostlethwaite^{See the mess I've created or let's have banter} 19:37, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
• Disallow - yea, this ones seems very spammy to me. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 19:41, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
• Disallow - spamtastic. Coemgenus 19:42, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
• Disallow possibly promoting the website.¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 19:44, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
• Disallow-Spam for website --TeckWiz ^ParlateContribs_@ 21:25, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
• Disallow - Spam. --Thisisbossi 21:50, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Ahmadinejad's Cats (talk · contribs)

This name caught my eye. Is it acceptable to purport to be a famous person's cats? Is there something I'm missing? The Behnam 19:29, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

• Allow can't see any violation of WP:U RyanPostlethwaite^{See the mess I've created or let's have banter} 19:38, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
• Allow - Yea, i dont know of any relaible source purporting that his cats are famous. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 19:42, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
• Allow, for now. I'm sure if there's anything offensive about claiming to be an Iranian president's cat, someone will bring it to our attention. Of course the name does, on it's face, suggest a multiple-user account.  :) Coemgenus 19:43, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
• Allow. Ahmadinejad is not a rare name, so there's no reason to think it has anything to do with the famous Iranian president. But even if it did, the username in no way implies that its owner is Ahmadinejad himself. I think the name is rather cute. :) —Psychonaut 20:22, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
• Allow. What's wrong with this? --w^{L<speak·check·chill>} 20:31, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
• Allow There are probably lots of people in Iran named "Ahmadinejad," just like there are probably lots of people in Austria with the last name of "Schwarzenegger." Acalamari 21:39, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
• Allow - Per above. --Thisisbossi 21:50, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
• Allow. Again with the cats? [1] (jarbarf) 21:58, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Tennis Xspert (talk · contribs)

This account has just been created and is an obvious attempt to confuse everyone and harrass me. As irrefutable evidence of this, Tennis Xspert has copied everything on my talk page and pasted it into his own talk page.[2] Thanks for your help! Tennis expert 22:54, 23 February 2007 (UTC)